Sharks at Oilers

SHARKS (28-27-8) at OILERS (35-24-5)

Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Alexander Barabanov
John Leonard -- Logan Couture -- Rudolfs Balcers
Scott Reedy -- Nick Bonino -- Noah Gregor
Jonah Gadjovich -- Sasha Chmelevski -- Jeffrey Viel
Jaycob Megna -- Brent Burns
Erik Karlsson -- Ryan Merkley
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Nicolas Meloche
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched:Jonathan Dahlen, Radim Simek
Injured:Adin Hill (lower body), Mario Ferraro (lower body), Kevin Labanc (upper body), Matt Nieto (undisclosed)
Oilers projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Connor McDavid -- Kailer Yamamoto
Ryan McLeod -- Leon Draisaitl -- Zach Hyman
Derick Brassard -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Warren Foegele -- Devin Shore -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Duncan Keith -- Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak -- Tyson Barrie
Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched:Derek Ryan, Josh Archibald, Kris Russell
Injured:Kyle Turris (upper body)
Status report
Kahkonen will make his first start with San Jose after being acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Wild on Monday .. Nugent-Hopkins will return after missing 12 games with an upper-body injury ... Kulak and Brassard will debut with the Oilers. Kulak was acquired from the Montreal Canadiens and Brassard from the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.